Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 12, 2023 / Notices 86157 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1121–0360] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Extension of a 

Previously Approved Collection; 

Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot, 

and Field Studies for Office of Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

Data Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 

Department of Justice (DOJ), will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on September 25, 2023, 

allowing a 60-day comment period. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 30 days until 

January 11, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have comments especially on the 

estimated public burden or associated 

response time, suggestions, or need a 

copy of the proposed information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact: Benjamin Adams, Supervisory 

Social Science Analyst, National 

Institute of Justice, 810 Seventh Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: 

benjamin.adams@usdoj.gov; telephone: 

202–616–3687). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Office of Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

including whether the information 

will have practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and/or 

—Minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms 

of information technology, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 1121–0360. This 

information collection request may be 

viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Justice, information collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOJ notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

2. Title of the Form/Collection: 

Generic clearance for cognitive, pilot, 

and field studies for Office of Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention data 

collection activities. 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form numbers are not 

available for a generic clearance. The 

applicable components within the 

Department of Justice are the National 

Institute of Justice and the Office of 

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention, in the Office of Justice 

Programs. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Affected Public: State, local 

and tribal governments, individuals or 

households, Private Sector-for or not for 

profit institutions. Abstract: The 

proposed generic information collection 

clearance will enable the National 

Institute of Justice (NIJ), on behalf of the 

Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), to 

develop, test, and improve its survey 

and data collection instruments and 

methodologies. NIJ will engage in 

cognitive, pilot, and field test activities 

to inform its data collection efforts and 

to minimize respondent burden 

associated with each new or modified 

data collection. NIJ anticipates using a 

variety of procedures including, but not 

limited to, tests of various types of 

survey and data collection operations, 

focus groups, cognitive laboratory 

activities, pilot testing, field testing, 

exploratory interviews, experiments 

with questionnaire design, and usability 

testing of electronic data collection 

instruments. 

5. Obligation to Respond: The 

obligation to respond is voluntary. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,500. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 95 

minutes. 

8. Frequency: Once. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 4,000 hours. 

10. Total Estimated Annual Other 

Costs Burden: $0. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27179 Filed 12–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Parole Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, December 14, 

2023, at 1:30 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Parole Commission, 90 K 

Street NE, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Approval of September 7, 2023, 

Quarterly Meeting Minutes. 

2. Updates since September Quarterly 

Meeting from the Acting Chairman, 

Commissioner, Acting Chief of Staff/ 

Case Operations Administrator, Case 

Services Administrator, Executive 

Officer, and General Counsel. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Jacquelyn Graham, Staff Assistant to the 

Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission, 90 

K Street NE, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 

20530, (202) 346–7010. 


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